A couple hundred demonstrators chanted and marched through Charlotte on Sunday, as protests persisted after the release of two videos showing the fatal shooting of a black man by police officers in North Carolina’s largest city. Angry protesters have filled the streets of Charlotte every day since the Tuesday killing[…]
One person has been shot in Charlotte, North Carolina protests against the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Riot police are firing tear gas into the crowd. The governor declared a state of emergency and ordered in National Guard and state troopers. Peaceful protests turned violent on Wednesday, night[…]
A US police officer has shot a black man at a housing complex in Charlotte, authorities in North Carolina say, prompting street protests late into the night. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said on Twitter on Tuesday that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had[…]
The Western Cape Police Ombudsman has confirmed that his office will be looking into possible policing inefficiencies during last week’s #FeesMustFall protests. The investigation is based on a request from Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato and is specifically centred on issues that preceded clashes between police and[…]
The assault of a Cape Town grandmother, allegedly by police, is unfortunate and unacceptable, Parliament’s police portfolio committee said on Thursday. “Incidents like this go against every code of policing and [are] tantamount to violation of human rights. Arrests need to be conducted in a manner respectful of one’s dignity,”[…]
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